Hulk Hogan

Born Terry Bollea, Hogan started wrestling in small wrestling promotions after he finished school. Many don't know that Hogan first wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation in the very early 1980s, but left after a dispute with Vince McMahon's father, Vince McMahon (Sr). He then spent a few years wrestling in the AWA, lead by promoter Verne Gagne. He gained some noteriety there, but returned to the WWF in 1982 after a disagreement with Gagne concerning his spot on the card.

His incredible success during the peaks of his career are that much more intruiging due to the fact that, in actuality, he was a horrible, horrible wrestler. He knew virtually no holds and almost never sold moves (acted like he was hurt), and yet the fans cheered him rabidly anyway. It eventually led to his downfall, as the cheers he got started to diminish in 1991 and 1992 (one of the reasons he left the WWF), but it is baffling how he managed to stay on top for so long with the same tired routine.

Perhaps even more baffling, Hulk Hogan returned to the WWF in early 2002. Alongside Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, they resurrected the nWo angle from the grave, this time under the pretense of taking over the WWF. Hogan headlined Wrestlemania X8 against The Rock in a match notable not for the wrestling, but for the fact that the crowd cheered for Hogan and booed The Rock. As the announcers scrambled to make some sense of this, before you could snap your figures Hogan was turned babyface and all of a sudden it's 1985 again.

1. Train.
2. Say your prayers.
3. Eat your vitamins. (Especially if they're Hulk Hogan Brand Chewable Vitamins!)
4. Believe in yourself. (1-3 were Hogan's original demandments; #4 was added after he came back from getting his ribs crushed by Earthquake in 1990.)
5. Believe in Hulk Hogan. (Added before jobbing the WWF title to Yokozuna at King of the Ring in 1993)
Follow these five demandments if you want to become a ragin' Hulkamaniac!